Folding rearview mirror bracket



Dec. 14, 1954 P. M. MAXWELL 2,696,955

FOLDING REARVIEW MIRROR BRACKET Filed July 19, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l 40Pearl M. Maxwell INVENTOR.

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United States Patent This invention relates to a mirror stand adapted tobe used by ladies in the home and in other places.

An object of this invention is to provide a device which may be readilyattached to and detached from a standard article of furniture, thedevice being capable of supporting a mirror so that the person using thedevice may obtain a good view of the back parts of herself or himself,whatever the case may be, when used in conjunction with a standardmirror.

Ancillary objects and features of importance will become apparent infollowing the description of the illustrated forms of the invention.

in the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the device showing it in use inconnection with a standard article of furniture;

Figure 2 is a side view of another form of the invention, this formdiffering from the one illustrated in Fig ure 1 inasmuch as the mainsupport is foldable;

Figure 3 is a top view of the device in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 3and in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the device in Figure 2, parts beingbroken away to illustrate internal detail, and;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a part of the stand.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the hanger.

in carrying out this invention, there is provided in the drawings astandard vanity 10 with drawers 12 and a mirror 14 mounted on the rearupper edge thereof. This vanity is illustrated merely for the purpose ofenvironment to show how the article of invention is to be used. This useis by way of suggestion only.

A main support 16 is provided with a center section 18 and an upper leg20 together with a lower leg 22. The main support is generally of theshape shown in Figure 2, that is, the included angle between the leg 29and the center portion 18 and the leg 22 and the center portion 18 isabout 110. Braces 23 and 24 connect the legs with the center portion forstrength of construction.

Means for mounting the main support in any one of I the drawers 12 isprovided. This means consists of a hanger 30 having a vertical tube 32welded or otherwise rigidly fixed thereto. The lower end of the leg 22is provided with a resilient bushing 34 such as rubber which is disposedin the bore of the sleeve 32 there being a rather tight fit so thatfriction holds the support 16 in the desired position that is, either ofrotation or of vertical height. If the main support is desired at alower position, it may be simply placed in another drawer.

The hanger 30 consists of a plate which is bent to form two sections,the section 36 being in the shape of a U with one leg 37 being shorterthan the other leg 33, and the section 39 being in a right angular shapehaving an upper plate 40 and a vertical joining plate 41. A felt orother suitable material liner 42 is disposed on the inside surfaces ofthe legs 38 and 37 and is adapted to contact the front panel of one ofthe drawers 12, on which the hanger 30 is removably disposed. The uppersurface of the plate 40 is adapted to contact the dividing strip 44 in atypical article of furniture which is located between the drawers 12thereof.

Attention is now invited to Figure 6 wherein the differentiating featureof the second form of the invention is brought out. The only differenceis in the center portion 19 of the main support, this center portionbeing or Q C made of two sections which are pivoted together by means ofa pivot pin 48. A bracket 50 is welded or otherwise rigidly fixed to oneend of one of the sections and serves as a stop to limit the pivotalmovement of the two sections with respect to each other and also to forma cradle-to hold one along side of the other when the main support is inthe extended and usable condition. This rorm of the invention may bemore easily stored than the other as is apparent from inspection ofFigure 6.

Mounted on the leg 20 and at the upper end thereof is a means forholding a mirror. This means consists of a cradle 60 formed of acontinuous strand of wire. There is a substantially U-shaped bed portion62 which may be covered by a resilient tube 64 such as rubber inasmuchas the lower edge of the mirror is adapted to be disposed in this bedportion. The wire forming the mirror holder is curved smoothly forming apair of half loops 68 and '70, whence the free ends of the wire aretwisted as at 72 and inserted in the open end of the vertical leg 20.Accordingly, the mirror holder 60 is rotatable about the axis of the leg20 and is removable by simply pulling it from the bore of the leg 20.

A spring 14 is secured at one end to one of me half loops and pro ectsoutwardly therefrom. A second spring '16 is secured at one end. to theother of the half loops and pro ects laterally therefrom. The hooks 78and 8t) of the spring open toward each other so as to clampingiy engagethe sides of the mirror seated in the bed portion 02 of the mirrorholder.

in operation, the desired drawer 12 is selected and the U-shaped portion36 of the hanger 30 inserted over the front panel thereof. The drawer isthen slid inwardly an amount surl'icient to allow the upper surface ofthe plate 40 of the hanger 30 to engage the bottom surface of theadjacent divider strip 44. Then, the auxiliary mirror is disposed in thebed portion 62 of the cradle 60 and hooked in place. Then, by meremanipulation of the main support 16 an individual seated in front of themirror '14 may observe the back part of his or her head or in general,the back of his or her attire. it will be noted that both hands are freeby using such a device, sometimes this being an important aspect in theuse of the invention, particularly, when a person is setting her hair.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new 1s:

1. A mirror holding device comprising a tubular support, one end of saidsupport being open, a mirror holder extending from said one end toretain a mirrow thereon, said holder comprising a trunk portionprojecting outwardly from said end and terminating in a pair ofdidiverging, arcuated arms having free end portions terminatingsubstantially parallel to said trunk portion on opposite sides thereofbelow the juncture of divergence of said arms, cradle meansinterconnecting the free end portions of said arms and including a pairof mirror supporting portions extending outwardly from said arm endportions, in substantially parallel relation to one another, resilientmeans secured to said trunk portion at the juncture of said arms theretoand extending laterally beyond the parallel end portions of said arms,hook means on the ends of said resilient means for clamping the edges ofa mirror resting on said cradle means.

2. A mirror holding device comprising a tubular support, one end of saidsupport being open, a mirror holder extending from said one end toretain a mirror thereon, said holder comprising a trunk portionprojecting outwardly from said end and terminating in a pair ofdiverging, arcuated arms having free end portions terminatingsubstantially parallel to said trunk portion on opposite sides thereofbelow the juncture of divergence of said arms, cradle meansinterconnecting the free end portions of said arms and including a pairof mirror supporting portions extending outwardly from said arm endportion, in substantially parallel relation to one another, resilientmeans secured to said trunk portion at the juncture of said arms theretoand extending laterally beyond the parallel end portions of said arms,hook means on the ends of said resilient means for clamping the.

edges of a mirror resting on said cradle means, said 3 arm free endportion and said trunk portion being clis- Number. posed insubstantially coplanar relation to one another. References Cited in thefile of this patent 1:029:420 UNITED STATES PATENTS 5 Number Name H Date1,434,000 231,126 Webb et a1 Aug. 10, 1880 1,874,424 763,380 Eble'et'al.June28, 1904 2,448,017

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